Atlanta University Center

college consortium, Atlanta, Georgia, United States

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The Atlanta University Center Consortium (AUCC) is a group of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) located in Atlanta, Georgia. Its member institutions include Clark Atlanta University, Morehouse College, Morehouse School of Medicine, and Spelman College.12

Clark Atlanta University was formed in 1988 by the merger of Atlanta University (founded in 1865 and the first university to offer graduate training for Black Americans) and Clark College (founded in 1869). Morehouse College, founded in 1867, became a four-year liberal arts college for men in 1906. These institutions, along with Spelman College, formed the Atlanta University Center in 1929, allowing them to share faculty, students, facilities, and curricula. This consortium enables cross-registration and other academic collaborations among its members.12

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…1980s by students attending the Atlanta University Center (a consortium of HBCUs in Atlanta, including Morehouse College, Spelman College, Clark Atlanta University, and, at the time, Morris Brown College). The DC Metro Club—one of the state clubs at AUC, consisting of students from Washington, D.C., Maryland, and Virginia—took the lead…
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…1980s by students attending the Atlanta University Center (a consortium of HBCUs in Atlanta, including Morehouse College, Spelman College, Clark Atlanta University, and, at the time, Morris Brown College). The DC Metro Club—one of the state clubs at AUC, consisting of students from Washington, D.C., Maryland, and Virginia—took the lead…
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Spelman College
… formed what would become the Atlanta University Center, which consists of Spelman and five other African American institutions in Atlanta sharing students, faculty, facilities, and curricula. Notable alumnae include lawyer and civil-rights activist Marian Wright Edelman, musician and historian Bernice Johnson Reagon, writer Alice Walker, and politician and activist Stacey…
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… formed what would become the Atlanta University Center, which consists of Spelman and five other African American institutions in Atlanta sharing students, faculty, facilities, and curricula. Notable alumnae include lawyer and civil-rights activist Marian Wright Edelman, musician and historian Bernice Johnson Reagon, writer Alice Walker, and politician and activist Stacey…
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